SALAD OILS Fully refined (neutralised, bleached and deodorised) soybean oil is an excellent salad oil, for example for the production of French dressings. Its bland taste does not cover up the taste of the salad ingredients. Soybean oil is polyunsaturated and a unique source of the two essential fatty acids, linoleic and linolenic. Soybean oil, being a vegetable oil, is also free of cholesterol